Engine Updates

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
GarboChess 3.00 JA (WB)
C++ source; Win32/64, Linux 32/64 & Android
http://jim-ablett.co.de/

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Luzhin 0.1 JA (WB)
Java source; Win32; last version was buggy
- this was previously listed here with a direct link
- "Luzhin has no time time control, it plays each move to a fixed depth"
http://jim-ablett.co.de/

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Mscp 1.6h JA (WB)
C source; bugfixes/improvements by Jim Ablett; Win32, Linux32
- fixed the premature mate claim bug
- fixed winboard 'sd' (set depth) command
- a few other minor small fixes not worth mentioning
http://jim-ablett.co.de/

Neurone IX (WB)
Win32 only; requires .NET 3.5 or later
- fixed bug in analysis of free pawn
- new: Neurone can speak! :)
- new logo
http://www.lissandrello.it/?p=524#

Tony's Chess Beta 3 (WB)
Win32
- no info
- this is a *beta* release
http://www3.telus.net/tmokonen/TonysChessBeta3VC2010.rar (direct link)

Ziggurat 0.13 (UCI)
requires Win64/SSE4 CPU to run
not new, but new to me
- history heuristic
- a few improvements to evaluation
http://mysite.verizon.net/vze16nq0r/index.html

Chess News

Lantern Chess 4.10 (WB/UCI)
Chess GUI by Mike Adams supporting WB & UCI for ICC online play/chat for Linux, Windows and Mac
http://www.lanternchess.com/ (homepage)
http://www.adammr.com/lanternhelp/lantern-help.html (help)

Scidb Beta 2011-07-15 rev 83
a chess database application for Linux/Unix and Windows
- this is a *beta* release for Linux/Unix only
http://scidb.sourceforge.net/index.html

UCI Engines for Android
Aart Bik's free chess engines for the Android phone; the engines can be used with Aart's free Chess for Android GUI
- new: GarboChess 3 (UCI)
http://www.aartbik.com/MISC/eng.html

WinBoard / XBoard 4.5.2 for JAWS
a specially adapted version of WinBoard 4.5.2 for the sight-impaired
it can be controlled completely from the keyboard, as blind people cannot use a pointing device like a mouse
http://hgm.nubati.net/WinBoard-4.5.2-JAWS.exe (direct link)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Anaconda/Gromit homepage down for 6 days
Armageddon homepage down for 6 days
Dann Corbit homepage down for 20 days (broken computer!)
Superchessengine homepage down for 34 days (Bibi, Fruit, GambitFruit, Movei, Naum, Patzer, Smash & Toga II)
BabyChess homepage is now considered dead, it will no longer be tracked.
Dolphin homepage is now considered dead, it will no longer be tracked.
Frenzee homepage requires installation of non-standards-compliant software; it will no longer be tracked

Wiki Changes
Nothing new today

Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)

Warnings:

- do not install unwanted toolbars, etc.
- alpha releases have new features; crashes and bugs are to be expected
- beta releases have new features; they may contain bugs or crash
- release candidate software may contain minor bugs; crashes are rare

ActivePython Community Edition 3.2.1.1
free cross-platform Python distribution including the most popular Python libraries
http://www.activestate.com/activepython/downloads

Calibre 0.8.10
cross-platform open source ebook manager for all popular ebook readers with format conversion,
news feeds, and integrated e-book viewer
http://calibre-ebook.com/

Defraggler 2.06
free file/directory/drive defragmenter with scheduling & many options
http://www.piriform.com/defraggler
http://www.piriform.com/blog/2011/7/8/defraggler-v206 (announcement)

FrostWire 5.0.8
open source, Java-based BitTorrent peer-to-peer (P2P) client
http://www.frostwire.com/

LibreOffice 3.4.2 RC 1
cross platform open source fork of OpenOffice project; word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
- this is a *release candidate*
http://www.documentfoundation.org/ (homepage)
http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/ (download)

Lunascape 6.5.2
free browser with all 3 major rendering engines: IE(Trident)+Firefox(Gecko)+Chrome/Safari(Webkit)
developers can preview web pages side-by-side using the 3 different rendering engines
http://www.lunascape.tv/

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.51.1
free Windows anti-virus; detect and remove malware that others fail to detect
free version does *not* allow memory resident protection
http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free

PHP 5.3.7 RC 3
PHP is a very popular open source scripting language mostly used for web applications
- this is a *release candidate*
http://php.net/ (homepage)

Ruby 1.9.2-p290
popular scripting language, often used with Rails library
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/

Soluto 1.2.199.0 Beta
free; uses community-developed power-user solutions to fix your PC problems
- this is a *beta* release
http://www.soluto.com/

System Explorer 3.0.3
free; detailed info about wINDOWS tasks, processes, modules, startups, IE addons, uninstallers, windows,
services, drivers, connections and opened files; graphs monitor usage of system resources in real-time
http://www.systemexplorer.net/

µTorrent 3.0 (32-bit) build 25454
open source BitTorrent client
http://www.utorrent.com/ (homepage)
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=98500 (3.0 forum thread)

VirtualBox 4.0.12
open source, general-purpose, full virtualizer for x86 hardware
runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh and OpenSolaris as host
install several guest operating systems onto the same computer
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Guest_OSes (list of guest operating systems)
http://www.virtualbox.org/ (homepage)

VLC 1.1.11
open source, cross-platform multimedia player (audio/video)
http://www.videolan.org/

Winamp 5.621
free media player; I prefer the Lite version
http://www.winamp.com/media-player/en (Lite link is towards the bottom)

Meaning of Colors

Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only

Engine List: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list
Chess News: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list

NOTE: If you want me to track a website for you, please email me and I will add it.
ron _at_ computer-chess _dot_ org